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Ankara’s Look East: On Turkey’s warming ties with Russia…
Source:WarOntheRocks Date:29Dec2017
The strongmen of Turkey and Russia have met frequently this past year to discuss the Syrian civil war and bilateral relations. In parallel, Turkey’s relations with its Western allies have
Turkey’s Stalinist prosecution of journalists for tweets and blogs
Source:Washington Post Date:28Dec2017
THESE ARE dark days for journalists in Turkey, now the leader among governments that imprison news-gatherers. In one week alone, nearly 70 journalists were on trial on false accusations of
Turkey and Syria engage in a war of words as Erdogan and Assad call each other “terrorists”
Source:South China Morning Post Date:28Dec2017
It amazes me to find many well-informed pundits claiming that Erdogan has changed Syria policy in the direction of recognizing Assad’s legitimacy. Turkey has not conceded defeat in Syria.
Erdogan Trains His Broom on a Sweep of Turkey’s Governing Party
Source:New York Times Date:27Dec2017
Erdogan’s reform efforts in AKP are likely to fail, because the main problem lies with his policies, not the rank-and file. By the way, the party is losing support big time: Mr. Erdogan
Turkey’s waning fertility threatens Erdoğan’s vision of strength
Source:The Guardian Date:27Dec2017
Wow…Turkey is aging very rapidly. Though Turkey remains the second most populous country in Europe after Germany, with a population of 79.5 million, and has one of the lowest median
Berlin offers new model for Turkey, EU
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:26Dec2017
An EU agreement with Britain on relations after Brexit could serve as a model for ties with other countries that want to be as close as possible to the bloc but are not yet ready to join, such as
U.S. jury in trial of Turkish banker shows signs of division
Source:Reuter's Date:23Dec2017
A New York jury in the trial of a Turkish banker accused of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions showed signs of division on Friday as it ended its third day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.
Turkish youth overwhelmingly against ‘other,’ study says
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:23Dec2017
Bad news is that young Turks are increasigly prejudiced againts the “other”, goos news is secularism and Kemalism is back in vague.
Baghdad could take oil in new direction — away from Turkey
Source:al Monitor Date:19Dec2017
Ankara reaps a bitter harvest for abadoning Iraqi Kurds, as the Shia Circle begins to pay economic dividends for Iran. Another costly foreing policy mistake for Ankara, which bears directly on
Turkey’s foreign policy challenges in 2018
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:19Dec2017
The former ambassador writes: All these make Turkey an important catalyzer between Europe and the Middle East. Turkey has been unable to perform in compliance with such expectations in 2017. Let